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Princess Mary gift tin, with sweets, for non-smokers, 1914 (metal)

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Princess Mary gift tin, with sweets, for non-smokers, 1914 (metal)

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1914 AD (C20th AD)

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Printed on inner sweet block: 'Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary Christmas Fund 1914'. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Indian and British troops serving on the Western Front in 1914 received Princess Mary boxes from the Royal Family. These were metal cases engraved with an outline of the princess and filled with chocolates, sweets, cigarettes and tobacco. Great efforts were made to distribute the gifts in time for Christmas, and huge demands were made on an already stretched postal service. More than 355,000 boxes were successfully delivered before 25 December. The boxes also included a picture card of Queen Mary and a copy of George V's greeting to the troops which stated 'May God protect you and bring you safely home'.

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